so much of what you have written, i have thought lately. i haven't made any decisions yet though. my LO is only 18 months, which makes the decision more difficult for me. She night weaned herself earlier in pregnancy which i am thankful for.
i am 27 weeks pg, haven't really noticed whether my milk is changing to colustrum, DD hasn't given any indication that it is changing.
i have a little voice that would like her to wean herself, but then i wonder what would i do without being able to settle her with boob, and what about when she gets sick....
HotI, I definitely think it would have been a harder decision for me too had DD been younger but I think if your DD has nightweaned, that is the main part if you are happy to feed both. To be honest, I doubt I will fully wean, I already can tell I will cling to her bedtime feed for a while (because of the security with illness, balanced diet, soothing, getting her to sleep easily etc) but the nightweaning seems important to making sure the transition from one to two is smooth so going to be strong and stick to that. Luckily, DD is making it easier as last night she slept through so we are now at 3 nights without milk overnight! Hoping this means we are on the home stretch.
Well done JF. What an awesome Mummy you are. I didn't have that problem, I night weaned DD earlier, I think maybe around 14 months I started trying to stretch her out overnight. Then when I was pregnant she gradually cut her feeds down anyway to once or twice a day due to the lack of milk. There came a point when I had to decide if I should wean her or not because like you said I didn't want to do it when DD2 came along and have her associate it with that. I chose not to wean her. Really, I couldn't be bothered I was pregnant and it was easier to get her to sleep at night with a BF. I also wanted to make it to 2 yrs and she was 2 just after DD2 was born.
Anyway, if you want to keep feeding I can tell you that it works out just fine! I think what you're doing now is really important. If you've got her down to one feed a day before DD2 arrives then it will hopefully be easy to keep her at that afterwards and then it's no real drama. One extra feed a day is not a big deal for me.
I actually found it so sweet that DD1 was still feeding. She seemed to actually like to share it with DD2 and wasn't jealous at all, I actually think it helped. Maybe she could see how just becasue DD2 was here didn't mean anything changed for her. I also liked having that time with her, forced us to make sure we got some one-on-one time and also helped remind me of how she really was still a baby herself
Well done to you and your DD, you're doing great!! xx
Yeah, I think that is what we will do... cut the nightfeeds but keep her bedtime feed and possibly even her morning feed if she is interested in one (I like being able to stay in bed a little extra before starting the day haha).
Well, things are going well. She hasn't had a night feed since we started this although is still having her bedtime feed and one when she wakes for the day. Haven't had anymore troubles or tears either, guess she really was ready... haha 2.5 and down to 2 feeds, slow and steady
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but I think if your DD has nightweaned, that is the main part if you are happy to feed both. To be honest, I doubt I will fully wean, I already can tell I will cling to her bedtime feed for a while (because of the security with illness, balanced diet, soothing, getting her to sleep easily etc) but the nightweaning seems important to making sure the transition from one to two is smooth so going to be strong and stick to that. Luckily, DD is making it easier as last night she slept through so we are now at 3 nights without milk overnight! Hoping this means we are on the home stretch.
I was pregnant and it was easier to get her to sleep at night with a BF. I also wanted to make it to 2 yrs and she was 2 just after DD2 was born. 
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